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		miralabs on Oct 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The primacy of the US dollar looks unsustainable I wonder what was the basis for Japan becoming the top economy given that they have twice as much unsustainable debt that the US plus they have a population problem.

ojbyrne on Oct 3, 2015 | [–]

It was 25 years ago. They didn't have either of those problems then.

Theodores on Oct 3, 2015 | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Accord

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